John C. McKinley
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=John C. McKinley
|image=John C. McKinley.jpg
|caption=
|order1=26th
|office1=Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
|term_start1=January 9, 1905
|term_end1=January 11, 1909
|governor1=Joseph W. Folk
|predecessor1=Thomas L. Rubey
|successor1=Jacob F. Gmelich
|office2=Member of the Missouri Senate
|term2=1902
|birth_date= {{birth date|1859|11|20}}
|birth_place= Putnam County, Missouri
|residence=
|death_date={{death date and age|1927|05|01|1859|11|20}}
|death_place=Putnam County, Missouri
|party= Republican
|profession=Attorney
|footnotes=
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John C. McKinley (November 20, 1859 – May 1, 1927) was a lawyer and Republican politician from the state of Missouri. He was the state's 26th Lieutenant Governor as well as a member of the Missouri Senate.
Personal history
John C. McKinley was born near Mendota in Putnam County, Missouri, to parents Degraphenreed and Elizabeth (Harmon) McKinley, the oldest of nine children. McKinley was a distant relative of two U.S. Presidents, James A. Garfield and William McKinley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/35296986/Genealogy-of-James-McKinley-Richard-Anderson-Jeffries-and-Joseph-Price|title = Genealogy of James McKinley, Richard Anderson Jeffries and Joseph Price | PDF | Will and Testament | England}}History of Northwest Missouri by Walter Williams, 1913, Volume 2 page 926-927 John C. McKinley was a lawyer by profession when not engaged in politics. He married Affa Grant on May 6, 1888. McKinley died in Punam County, Missouri, on May 1, 1927, and is buried in the Unionville, Missouri, cemetery.
Political history
McKinley was first elected to the Missouri Senate in 1902. However he did not serve the full four-year term, having been elected Missouri Lieutenant Governor in 1904. John C. MicKinley was an unsuccessful candidate for several other offices including U.S. Senate in 1908, 1910, and 1922. He was also a candidate for Missouri Governor in the 1912 election, losing to Elliot W. Major.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=100673|title = Our Campaigns - Candidate - John C. McKinley}}
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Category:Lieutenant governors of Missouri
Category:People from Putnam County, Missouri
Category:20th-century members of the Missouri General Assembly
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